Barbara Harrison > Quotes

“Our power lies in the depth of our compassion and in our abilities to
imagine each other in ourselves.”
― barbara harrison

“I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tunafish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock.”
― Barbara Harrison

“Two classical and archetypal structures. . . . the stranger comes to town and the journey [Sharon Creech, "Leaping Off the Porch"].”
― Barbara Harrison, ORIGINS OF STORY: On Writing for Children

“Real journeys may also be true in the mythic sense [Betty Levin, "Polar Bears and Lemmings"].”
― Barbara Harrison, ORIGINS OF STORY: On Writing for Children

“Children who find a single important life in the ordinary, unimportant, and unheroic are less likely to succumb to the human fallacy of Us versus Them [Betty Levin, "Polars Bears and Lemmings"].”
― Barbara Harrison, ORIGINS OF STORY: On Writing for Children

“The real world does, after all, include ourselves [Jill Paton Walsh, "Templates"].”
― Barbara Harrison, ORIGINS OF STORY: On Writing for Children

“Justice for the Hebrews meant . . . making sure that all persons . . . can even worship any gods they choose [Katherine Patterson, "Metaphors to Live By"].”
― Barbara Harrison, ORIGINS OF STORY: On Writing for Children

“A good descant makes the music richer [Katherine Patterson, "Metaphors to Live By"].”
― Barbara Harrison, ORIGINS OF STORY: On Writing for Children